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Are you just repeating a thread that went viral on reddit or have you had personal experience with this? Because after that reddit post I asked all of my Swedi
by piva00 2y ago
Are you just repeating a thread that went viral on reddit or have you had personal experience with this?
Because after that reddit post I asked all of my Swedish friends who are parents, none of them said it'd be normal to not serve dinner to their kids playdates. And I don't think anyone said it's happened to them when they were kids either.
- 4gotunameagain 2y agoI lived in the Nordics for many years, and I have interacted with plenty Swedish people. It is definitely not the norm, but it is definitely a wide spread phenomenon. Or at least it used to be more prevalent, as my sampling has an age bias. A quick duckduckgoing supports their claims: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/swedengate-sweden-dinner-guests-food-b2091012.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/swedengate-sweden-dinne... https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/world/europe/sweden-feeding-guests-dinner.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/world/europe/sweden-feedi... https://www.thelocal.se/20220530/fact-check-do-swedish-parents-really-not-feed-kids-on-playdates https://www.thelocal.se/20220530/fact-check-do-swedish-paren...